Sri Sadguru Mahime

Author: Charana Dasa

Translator: Shri.Ganesh Prasad

Chapter 148 :  Amma

As probably mentioned earlier, I used to call Gurunatha’s wife as Amma (mother in Kannada). Amma also showered a motherly affection on me. Whenever the work pressure at the house rose, Amma used to ask me if I was tired and offered coffee.

Once during winter, I had cracked heels and it was so bad that I could barely walk. Still, I was somehow managing to finish the jobs that I used to do regularly. (At Gurunatha’s residence nobody directed anyone else as to what work they should be doing.) As Amma saw me suffering, she got some hot water and salt and asked me to keep my feet in that for some time. The treatment was quite effective, I still remember the way she scolded me and made me agree to have the treatment.

In another instance, Amma was making chapathis. l was going around the house doing various chores I had. She called me and made me sit near the place where padukas were kept, gave me chapathis and milk saying..”Everyone who comes here will get his/her job done and leave, except for you who don’t seem to have anything in mind apart from the work you do here. Looking after you is our responsibility”.

The affection I got in that house is beyond words and I still miss those days.

Gurunatha could not tolerate anyone not treating their parents well; including the seer from the famous advaitha peetha. Once the seer was on a Vijay yatra, Gurunatha had made arrangements to receive him at a particular place. But, due to some reason the seer changed his route at the last minute.

When Gurunatha met him, he advised the seer that,”a mother comes ahead of any yathra”. Even if you are sanyasi, looking after your mother is still your responsibility. Without a mother there shall be nothing in the world. The seer silently continued his yatra. Gurunatha went further to warn him when he came back it was not sure if he will be able to see his mother and he might have to take five more births to have the same person as his mother.

His words came true. The day of seer’s return from his yatra was the last day his mother lived.

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